Sarah Dreams

Doing the Ironing

Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:37:42 PM

I am a huge fan of this blog, "Things Your Grandmother Knew" and wanted to share with you one of the post, "Ironing Making a Comeback?" I decided to take down the ironing board from the very tip top of my laundry closet and dust off the old iron! I haven't used the iron in ages!

How many of you iron any of your clothing? While doing laundry, I left the iron out on the hottest setting with a cup of water on the side to continually fill the steam part of it. I don't even know what that is called!

I ironed one of my favorite sheets and thought it turned out so pretty! (but that doesn't mean I will be ironing sheets in the future!

The sheet before.

The sheet after.

While I was doing that, Cinnamon sat beside me...bored as a dog could be.

Well give it ago at your own sheets. Supposedly ironing sheets kills dust mites. Not that we have any, we just got all new mattresses. But I don't see myself busting out all the sheets that are in the linen closet just yet....

If you want to iron your own sheets follow this link for some helpful hints. CLICK!

-Sarah

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Comments

Dacotah # Monday, January 12, 2009 5:30:15 AM

Sarah, I use to love to iron sheets and especially pillowcases with spray starch, they come out so nice and easy to iron too when you use it.

Even new mattress can have dust mites.

Pineas2 # Monday, January 12, 2009 7:31:42 AM

Don't you ironing shirts and jeans?

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Monday, January 12, 2009 1:33:24 PM

Carol,

Pineas2, Yes.

Dacotah # Monday, January 12, 2009 2:16:53 PM

What Sarah? That's what I saw on tv about matresses.

r jrjfink # Monday, January 12, 2009 2:20:30 PM

You GO, Sarah! How productive! You rock.

Personally, I LOVE to iron. I know; I'm a freak. But it's a Zen kind of thing with me...making a wrinkled, horrid-looking garment come out beautifully smooth and new. Plus, I cannot stand to wear clothes with wrinkles! I cannot say that I've ever ironed my sheets, but mine are the t-shirt material kind right now, so they don't really get wrinkles. They s-t-r-e-t-c-h over the mattress and look nice no matter what.

And the steam thingie is called the water reservoir.

Steam is our friend!

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Monday, January 12, 2009 2:45:31 PM

Carol...yuck means gross to dust mites. I have seen those little buggers up close on TV and they look mighty nasty!

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Monday, January 12, 2009 2:48:32 PM

RJ,

I did enjoy ironing the jeans.

I couldn't believe how much better they looked, actually. But the girls grabbed them and wore then right away, so it was sort of like

GO GET YOUR PLAY CLOTHES!

Working harder on clothes sort of does make you more careful with them.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a good Monday.

Dacotah # Monday, January 12, 2009 2:52:40 PM

Yes they are

I've seen them on tv too.

Pineas2 # Monday, January 12, 2009 6:39:42 PM

Wife just killed the iron.

r jrjfink # Monday, January 12, 2009 6:41:21 PM

Dust mites look like mutated alien lobsters. EWWWW!!

I'm having a GINORMOUSLY FREAKING AWESOME Monday!! How 'bout YEWWW?

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Monday, January 12, 2009 6:44:40 PM

Pineas2, What?!

that totally sucks! Why would your wife KILL the iron? Maybe she doesn't like ironing!

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Monday, January 12, 2009 6:47:24 PM

RJ,
lol, I agree! Oh, my Monday is going so much better now that I have been to the emergency room for my back. I am on steroids, pain killers and muscle relaxers, so yeah...I am feeling pretty darn tootin' good.

Pineas2 # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:02:08 AM

I don't know why and how but it is definitely dead. It was at 10 Euros 1 year ago and it is still under warranty. So they will have to replace it

CherylDuckyChickenLady # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:15:18 PM

I hate ironing...
I do iron when I take the nicer dress shirts out of the pile of laundry.
(I try to get shirts out of the dryer a bit damp so they can hang to straighten as much as possible even so I still might need to pass an iron.

)
I have never ironed sheets.. My son learned how to iron because he had to for cadets...I told him I wasn't doing it for him!

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:26:31 PM

Pineas, Mmm good luck getting another so YOU can help her!!

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:30:13 PM

Cheryl,
Good idea to get the shirts out early.

Usually, as soon as my dryer is finished I put the clothing RIGHT onto hangers and hung up in the laundry room. Thank God I have a clothes rack in the laundry room.

Anyway....I have never ironed sheets before either. I don't think this is going to be a normal practice of mine...so yeah.

KarenNerak # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:06:49 PM

I think I will do this! Thank you for the idea...sounds like a killer thing to do. I love the feeling of a freshly made bed with crisp sheets!

BTW - C & you got a new mattress, too? I thought it was only the girls! Congratulations...I bet it felt like a little slice of Heaven the first few nights you curled up in it. Is it soft or firm? Oh...and is it nice and bouncy?

Sarah Dreamsangel292005 # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:06:37 PM

Karen, yes! God blessed us with a great deal on a brand new king size mattress! I totally spaced on telling you!!!

KarenNerak # Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:09:13 PM

King sized even! That is so awesome!

Pineas2 # Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:45:34 AM

Angel, I normally do all my laundry and ironing myself. I am also able to operate the dish washer and the hoover. Indeed I got a 16 months training on house holding.